Made for AU players
Made for AU players
Yggdrasil's eldritch pokie where the vortex unleashes wild reels
Landing two Vortex symbols on adjacent reels opens a dark portal that turns those reels into expanded Vortex Reels, pushing the ways to win as high as 3,125.
Fully converting the grid into Vortex Reels awards free spins, with pink orbs adding stacked wilds and blue orbs adding to the free spin count.
Players who want to skip straight to the feature can pay 80x their total bet to jump directly into the Vortex free spins, choosing their stacked wilds and spin count.
The gold 'Wild' bar substitutes for every symbol except the orb and Vortex symbols, appearing on reels 2, 3 and 4 during the feature.
Dark Vortex bets range from small change up to higher stakes to suit different bankrolls before you spin the 5-reel grid.
Watch for two Vortex symbols landing on adjacent reels — that's what opens the dark portal and starts a Vortex round.
Each additional Vortex symbol adds another expanded reel and more free spins, building toward the maximum 3,125 ways to win.
Skip the wait by paying 80x your bet to enter the free spins feature directly, picking your wilds and spin count upfront.
Yggdrasil built its reputation on visually distinctive releases, and Dark Vortex, one of its stronger 2018 launches, leans into that with a horror-tinged cast of five creature symbols and a background score that does a lot of the atmosphere-building. Underneath the presentation sits a fairly standard 5-reel, 243-ways-to-win base game with a 96.5% RTP — 97% once the free spins feature kicks in.
The real hook is what happens when two Vortex symbols land on adjacent reels: a dark portal opens, those reels expand into Vortex Reels, and the ways to win start climbing — up to a maximum of 3,125 once every reel has been converted. Pink and blue orbs collected along the way add stacked wilds and extra free spins respectively, and players who’d rather skip the build-up can pay 80x their bet to buy straight into the feature and choose their own spin count and wild stacks.
It’s a volatile game by design — Aussie players should expect to wait for the bigger hits — but the combination of an expanding grid and a purchasable bonus gives it more routes into the good stuff than a lot of single-feature pokies offer.
Land two Vortex symbols on adjacent reels to open a dark portal and start converting reels into expanded Vortex Reels, which lead into the free spins round.
The base game runs a 96.5% RTP, which rises to 97% once the free spins feature is active.
Yes — paying 80x your total bet lets you jump straight into the free spins feature and choose your stacked wilds and spin count.
Once every reel has been converted into a Vortex Reel, the game can offer up to 3,125 ways to win.
🇦🇺 Dark Vortex free play is for entertainment only. If gambling is a problem, contact Gambling Help Online (1800 858 858). Must be 18+ to play.
